reference work

English

Etymology

reference + work

Noun

reference work (plural reference works)

1. A compendium of information which is not intended to be read from beginning to end, and is compiled for ease of reference. Examples include encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:reference work

Translations

compendium of information

• Danish: opslagsværk n
• Dutch: naslagwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: hakuteos (fi)
• French: ouvrage de référence (fr) m
• German: Nachschlagewerk (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppslagsverk (no) n

  Nynorsk: oppslagsverk n

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: vademecum (pl) n, informator (pl) m, poradnik m
• Romanian: lucrare de referință f, compendiu de consultare n
• Russian: спра́вочный материа́л m (správočnyj materiál), (usually in plural :)спра́вочные материа́лы pl (správočnyje materiály)

See also

• reference work on Wikipedia.Wikipedia